This process control training course addresses needs for plant primary process control understanding. This process control training course starts with the basics of process control, explains the PID equation in the time domain and later talks about cascade control and other basic primary control functionalities inside of any DCS or a PLC. 

This course provides good foundation, skills and knowledge for all DCS / PLC related tag building, control scheme design in a DCS / PLC and the ability to scientifically calculate tuning parameters.

Students get a chance to learn how to: 

– optimally tune PIDs and make process changes on distillation columns, reactors, tanks, compressors, flow controllers, heat exchangers using modern real-time simulator software.

– tune PIDs in any DCS / PLC, troubleshoot problems, dampen/eliminate oscillations, improve controller performance, all of which helps maximize rates, directly increasing the plant’s bottom-line profits.

– gain tremendous confidence in PID tuning on live DCS / PLC’s in actual operating plants. 

– understand many important and practical concepts about DCS / PLC operations.

Process control engineers, Instrument engineers, Lab technicians, DCS / PLC technicians and plant operators.

Classroom training course: 2 Days (8-10 hours per day)

Online / Remote training course: 16 hours online

Online video training course: 15 hours online

1st day:

• Introduction to process control
• Process control terminology
• Manipulated, controlled and disturbance variables
• Process control dynamics
• PID equation
• Process control schematics
• Positional and velocity PID equation
• Advanced PID algorithms
• Noise and process disturbances
• Filter action

2nd day:

• PID tuning theory
• Typical PID tuning parameters
• How to use process information for PID tuning
• DCS attributes and features
• Controller modes
• PV and OP tracking
• Derivative action
• Scientific estimation of PID tuning parameters
• Appropriate plant step-tests
• Cascade control